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Results
Pairs League - Overall
Director: Stephen Brown
Pairs League - Division 1
Pairs League - Division 2
County Pairs Final
Seniors Pairs
Director: Patricia Hones
Calendar
27th Mar 2025
OBA Thursday Teams
RealBridge 19:00
Director: Patricia Hones
30th Mar 2025
Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs
Abingdon Bridge Club
1st Apr 2025
OBA Committee Meeting
RealBridge 3pm
14th Apr 2025
Seniors Pairs
Roke 11am
Director: Patricia Hones
17th Apr 2025
Pairs League - STARTING POSITIONS
RealBridge 7pm
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PREMIERSHIP LADDER

Each OBA competition counts toward this yearly ladder and give a player who has got the highest scores overall during 2024-2025

Click HERE to see the current standings. 

DATES FOR OXFORDSHIRE COMPETITIONS 2025

ALL ON REALBRIDGE (except congress & Wallingford & Abingdon Swiss)

Oct 2024 - Apr 2025   President's Cup Knockout Teams

Mar - Apr 2025   President's Plate Knockout Teams

Sun 30 Mar 2024       BP Swiss Pairs @ Abingdon
 
Sun 27 Apr 2025       Swiss Pairs (Junior Fundraising)
 
Sat/Sun 16/17 Aug 2025  Congress (Abingdon F2F) 
 
Sun 28 Sep 2025  F2F    Harwell Cup  Wallingford
 
Sun 9 Nov 2025        Handicap pairs TBC
 
Sun 7 Dec 2025        Swiss Pairs Championship TBC
 
Sun 11 or 18 Jan 2026    Mixed Pairs Hybrid / Oxford
 

Sun   1 Feb 2026       \

Thu   5 Feb 2026       County Pairs Semis
Mon 17 Feb 2026      /
 
Sun 15 Mar 2026     County Pairs Final
Regular monthly events
Regular monthly events

OBA offers three regular monthly events, F2F or online 

 

     SECOND MONDAY - F2F Seniors Pairs at Roke, 11am, 30-33 boards.   JUST TURN UP    2024/2025 LADDER

 

     THIRD THURSDAY - Pairs ladder on RealBridge (changed from BBO), with promotion and relegation within three divisions, 7pm 21-22 boards.      CLICK TO JOIN AS A NEW ENTRANT    New players very welcome    Occasionally someone cannot play and a player is looking for a standby player. If you are willing to play to make up numbers, please submit your details here   LADDER   (alert own bids)

 

     FOURTH THURSDAY - Teams on RealBridge, 7pm, 24-25 boards     CLICK TO ENTER 10 DAYS BEFORE EVENT     (Alerting: partner alerts)

Returning to Bridge
Returning to Bridge

RETURNING TO THE GAME OF BRIDGE AFTER A PERIOD AWAY FROM THE GAME

 

You haven’t played for quite a while and apart from being a bit rusty the bridge world may have moved on with new conventions and systems in play.  You feel that beginners’ lessons are not necessary but nevertheless you feel you need a bit of help to get that bridge brain working again and to get up to date.

 

The following clubs offer refresher courses and/or supervised play sessions that should be ideal for you:

 

ABBEY SMITH BC (at Little Horwood, Bucks) - see website www.bridgewebs.com/abbeysmith/ - or e-mail Abbey at abbeybridgelessons@hotmail.co.uk  

 

BLEWBURY BC - social duplicate sessions with expert advice available on three Fridays out of four from Autumn to Early Summer - contact Tina Hollick at tina@hassle.org.uk

 

BRIDGE IN OXFORD - Jonathan Davis, a regular member of the Oxfordshire county teams, and author of the bestselling book Learn Bridge In A Weekend, teaches all 11 of Andrew Robson’s bridge courses, ideal for all abilites and experience, incuidng those returning to the game. Visit the Bridge In Oxford website (https://arb-oxf.uk) or email arb.oxford@gmail.com for more details. 
 
BUCKNELLBRIDGE - Charlie Bucknell, international bridge player and teacher is offering frequent refresher courses and private tuition to help those returning to bridge after a break in the Lockdown. He'd be delighted to hear from you (bucknellbridge@gmail.com, 07889284580)

 

KINGS SUTTON BC  - see website www.bridgewebs.com/kingssutton/ or ring Ken Langdon on 07850 616069

 

OXFORD BRIDGE CLUB – ‘Learn and Play’ sessions run on Wednesday mornings and Thursday evenings. Click here for more information. Improvers’ courses following the EBU ‘Bridge for All’ year 2 course run from October – click here for more details. We also run Saturday courses and seminars – click here for info.

 

WALLINGFORD BC - see website www.bridgewebs.com/wallingford/ where you can either send an e-mail to enquire about bridge lessons or contact Joan Bennettjoanmbennett@hotmail.co.uk, 01491 579795, 07548 782 538